Creating Community with BuddyPress

Creating Community with,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],@LisaSabinWilson,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

User, meet BuddyPress,[object Object],What is BuddyPress…and what it isn’t,[object Object],Quick tour through BuddyPress features,[object Object],How sites are using BuddyPress today?,[object Object],Customizing your BuddyPress site using the included parent/child theme framework,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

WordPress MU + BuddyPress,[object Object],Add BuddyPress to an ,[object Object],existing installation of ,[object Object],WordPress MU to create a ,[object Object],fully functional social ,[object Object],community on your own ,[object Object],web site.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

BuddyPress is NOT Facebook(in a box or otherwise),[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

BuddyPress is Facebook-ish,[object Object],Facebook is global where BuddyPress is targeted in a way that you direct,[object Object],Conversations on Facebook happen in front of everyone..including your mother (have you friended her?),[object Object],Conversations on BuddyPress happen in front of YOUR own niche social community,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

BuddyPress Components,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Extended Profiles,[object Object],Members within your community sharing information about themselves by filling out profile fields that have been created by the site administrator.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Set Up Profile Fields,[object Object]

User Registration Page profile fields for users to fill out,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Results of Profile FieldsPopulate Member Profile Pages,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Friends,[object Object],Meet new people and add friends within the social community through the Friends feature in BuddyPress.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Private Messaging,[object Object],Send and receive private messages from your friends within the community.,[object Object],BuddyPress private messaging is like a built-in email engine for you to send and receive messages between friends.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Private Messaging Feature ,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

The Wire,[object Object],The wire is a place where community members and/or visitors can leave comments and feedback on different content within the community:,[object Object],Member profiles,[object Object],Groups,[object Object],Photos, links, etc.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

The Wire Feature,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Activity Streams,[object Object],Aggregation of different types of activity throughout the community.,[object Object],Individual activity streams,[object Object],Site-wide activity streams,[object Object],Group activity streams,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Activity Stream Feature,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Blog Tracking,[object Object],When user blogs are enabled, BuddyPress tracks:,[object Object],The creation of new blogs,[object Object],New/recent blog comments,[object Object],New/recent blog posts,[object Object],Searchable Blog Directory,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Blog Tracking Feature,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Status Updates,[object Object],Think Twitter.,[object Object],What are you doing right now, updates on your member profile,[object Object],Gets published to the activity stream on your profile, and in the site wide activity stream,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Status Updates Feature,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Groups,[object Object],Micro-communities within the larger community,[object Object],A gathering of community members in one Group ,[object Object],Typical formed around a specific niche or topic,[object Object],Private, Hidden and Public,[object Object],Wire, News, Forums,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Group Examples,[object Object],Andy Peatling,[object Object],“BP Jedi Masters”,[object Object],A group for master level BuddyPress developers and gurus,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Group Examples,[object Object],Mark Jaquith,[object Object],“BP Consultants”,[object Object],A group for people providing BuddyPress consultation services,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Group Examples,[object Object],Matt Mullenweg,[object Object],“Total Newbie”,[object Object],A group for newbies wanting to learn more about BuddyPress,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

WPMU BuddyPress  Members  Group Creation,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

BuddyPress Group Features,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Group Forums powered by bbPress,[object Object],Forums can be enabled to allow groups to run individual discussion forums,[object Object],Group forums powered by bbPress,[object Object],No bbPress installation required – it’s already there when you install BuddyPress!,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Forums Directory – Topic Listings,[object Object],Topic listings can be filtered by:,[object Object],[object Object]

My TopicsNovember 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Individual Group Forum Page,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Directories,[object Object],Searchable and Filterable community-wide directories,[object Object],Groups,[object Object],Blogs,[object Object],Members,[object Object],Forums,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Directories Feature - Members,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Directories Feature - Forums,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Site Wide Activity Streaming,[object Object],What is happening right now in your community?,[object Object],Searchable,[object Object],Filterable,[object Object],Status Updates,[object Object],New Friendships,[object Object],Blog Posts/Comments,[object Object],Group Creation/Discussion,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Site Wide Activity Stream,[object Object],Filter community activity by:,[object Object],[object Object]

Member status updatesSite Wide activity streams paginate, by default, after 25 listings and keeps up to 200 listings,[object Object],Site Wide activity streams publishes an RSS Feed users can subscribe to:,[object Object],http://domain.com/activity/feed,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

BuddyPress Specific WidgetsCan be used on all member blogs,[object Object],Members, Groups, Blogs,[object Object],Welcome Widget,[object Object],Who is Online,[object Object],Members: Newest, Active, Popular,[object Object],Recently Active Members,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

Widget Examples Members & Groups,[object Object],Toggle Member and Groups display by:,[object Object],[object Object]

PopularNovember 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

How are sites using BuddyPress??,[object Object],Creating/growing communities,[object Object],Extending social network involvement,[object Object],Networks of Blogs,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

BugleNotes.com,[object Object],A social community for Grads and Cadets of West Point.,[object Object],The community is the focus with site wide activity streams, groups, and member listings displayed directly on the front page.,[object Object],The main site blog is a click a way, as well as the Member, Groups and Forums directories.,[object Object],BugleNotes.com uses the default BuddyPress child theme, hooked into the default BuddyPress parent framework.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

WeEarth.com,[object Object],Social community of users fostering social consciousness through art, activism and media.,[object Object],Number one focus is content on the front page, with the BuddyPress community features built as more of an enhancement feature.,[object Object],Allows creation of member blogs, profiles and groups.,[object Object],E-Commerce piece is powered by the WP Shopp plugin,[object Object],Design is a customized WordPress theme with BuddyPress theme features built in.,[object Object],November 14, 2009,[object Object],Lisa Sabin-Wilson,[object Object],Creating Community with BuddyPress,[object Object]

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